Notes / Commercial Description:
Light and crisp, our Honey Pilsner has great flavor for an easy drinking beer. It is golden in color, with subtle fruit-like flavors balanced with noble hops. A delicate floral aroma is achieved with addition of honey, which is sourced from the Ebert Company, an Iowa-based apiary. Drink carefully, you might catch a buzzzzz!

Overall this beer is above average because the use of honey in this beer is really nice. I am disappointed thought because I didn't taste much of the Pilsner. Pilsner is difficult to brew and covering up a mediocre Pilsner with honey shouldn't be the answer. I well intigrated honey flavor with a traditional Pils would be very difficult. I think most people will find this beer approachable and delicious. I'm just a picky beer nerd. I will say this though: they honey taste is spot on without being too sweet. That's difficult and the guys at Madhouse nailed that one really well. I've had a lot of honey beers that have a much worse honey flavor than this one.

L: pours a hazy light gold, more on the yellow size with an off white head.
S: you can smell the honey but it has an unpleasant funk to it
T: The taste is light and sweet. Malty with the taste of honey in the back. It's alright
F: Creamy with nice carbonation.

O: I didn't like this beer too much. Not a drain poor but not something that I would buy again.

A- Pours a light honey/golden color. Good carbonation, about a two finger head which disappears shortly. Little to no lacing.

S- Malt foward with a fresh honey nose, a little floral as well. Not overpowering, but intriguing.

T/M Taste is similiar to nose, Sweet malt, honey, a bit of grassiness but not much. Mouthfeel is that of a session beer, neither too full to make you slow down nor too watery as to bore you.

O- Interesting enough for a true craft drinker, straight foward enough to share with your bodies that drink strictly macro. Does it redefine beer? Certainly not. Is it a good option for a warm day playing bags with your friends? Yes indeed.

S - Sweet fruity aroma. Touches of peach and pitted fruit. Some apple and clove honey with a slight herbal aroma. Sweet malt is the strongest. Sweet fruit is the strongest aroma though with a subtle Belgian Pale aroma.

T - A lot like the nose. A cross between a Pilsener and a Belgian Pale Ale. Sweet bready malt with hints of honey compete with sweet apple and pear fruit. Subtle citrus and lemon flavors. Overall the fruity flavors beat out the sweet malt.

M - Light to medium body. Average carbonation. Pretty smooth.

D - Easy to drink and while it is sweet, it isn't cloying. It doesn't really excite me to drink more, but it is easy to put a couple back. Fairly balanced and not hints of alcohol.

Notes: Overall it seemed a little confused about if it was a pilsener or a Belgian pale ale. Sweet fruitiness was quite strong. Some honey flavors as well. Not bad but not great.

Appearance: Straight pour into a pilsner glass. The color is a clean and clear gold with slight amber tones. Two fingers of eggshell-colored head dissipated immediately to leave a thin lacing and ring of foam around the edge.

Smell: I could smell the honey and grassy hops immediately after popping the cap. Sure enough, both are there in force in the glass. However, the honey gives way to a very flowery aroma, which I suppose is fitting. There is fruit sweetness in there as well, which reminded me of strawberry.

Taste: The flavor runs a gauntlet. Up front is the honey/flower from the smell — which, for whatever reason, made me think of honeycombs. Next comes an alcohol sting that lasts for just a half second. Then, at the end, comes a mellow citrus/metallic bitterness reminiscent of a mild pale ale.

Drinkability: Honey Pilsner is not a bad brew, but… You get the idea. It’s another “next step up” brew from Madhouse.

I drain poured this one as it was not pleasant to drink at all. All kinds of off flavors and it was just a mess all the way around. I am a home brewer and if I brewed a batch that tasted like this I would not have served it to anyone let alone bottle it. I am a huge fan and supporter of Iowa beer but this brew like all the other they make needs work!